No doubt to security professionals that the laser cannon is the holy grail of the military weapon.

It is clear that when the laser cannons, which today are still in advanced development, come into widespread use, and this is expected to be in a time frame of about 5-8 years, then in my estimation there will be a big change in the way of global warfare.

1. POPULAR EXPLANATION: WHAT IS THE LASER BEAM?

This is the only technological way that makes it possible to transfer through the air and precisely to a specific point a lot of energy over a long distance.

To transfer the energy from the point where the beam is produced to a point that is at a great distance and all this without using a physical infrastructure, let's say wires, as in electricity.

to transfer the energy through air or space.

Normal light is also an energy that we all know but spreads immediately in space and is therefore ineffective for intercepting threats.

The laser beam preserves a significant part of the energy created at the source and thus it intercepts threats using intense heat energy on the aerial threat.

2. IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES

A. The biggest and most important advantage is economic and logistical.

The beam is created from electrical energy which costs negligible, literally in a ratio of 1 to a million in relation to the cost of anti-missile missiles and also in relation to the threats, the rockets, the precision missiles, shells, UAVs and planes that must be intercepted.

This is a huge advantage for the country, but not necessarily for the missile manufacturing companies that make a living from selling expensive and perishable products.

Nor is it an advantage for the security establishment, the one that operates several types of anti-missile missile batteries to intercept air threats, the problem? Each missile type is only capable of dealing with threats that match the missile's characteristics.

These are complicated systems whose operation requires a lot of personnel, logistics, training and much more.

The laser cannon is capable of intercepting all types of threats.

The laser cannon, when put into widespread operation, will make some of the above factors unnecessary.

Friends, there is no need to panic, this is the way science has developed since man was created, so today one combine replaces a thousand agricultural workers who had to change their field of employment.

B. another big advantage is quantitative, there is no limit on the amount of rays that can be produced, the missile is a physical product and as such it wears out quickly and what then...?.

Will we wait years to produce an additional missile inventory?

C. Another advantage is the ability to intercept a hemisphere, intercept in 360 degrees, also to the side and back and up.

This way the laser cannon will be able to protect a large area.

D. Another important advantage is the interception at the speed of light

From the second a missile is launched, it sometimes takes tens of seconds of flight to reach the threat. The laser only takes a fraction of a second, the threat from the point of view of the laser the threat is a stationary target that is intercepted immediately.

3. THERE ARE ALSO DISADVANTAGES BUT THEY ARE LESS SIGNIFICANT. SOME HAVE GOOD SOLUTIONS

A. The laser beam is not like a light beam, but it also weakens and disperses depending on the range and air density. That's why we need a laser cannon as strong as possible because then the effective range of the interception will be significantly larger and thus the size of the protected area.

Thus, in my estimation, a laser cannon that produces a beam with a low power will not be able to effectively protect a large city, a laser cannon that produces a beam with a much higher power will be twice as effective.

It's a simple calculation, if the effective range of a strong laser cannon is 3 times larger than that of a weak laser cannon, then the protected area will be 9 times larger, and as a bonus, the time required to intercept the threat is also shorter.

B. A laser beam like any light beam is affected by the weather.

A ray of light does not pass through clouds and is therefore ineffective or less effective in a situation where the sky is covered with clouds. But in our functional state of Israel this situation is not common. In addition, the laser cannon can be installed on transport planes that will fly above the clouds and then there is no problem.

As a bonus we will get an increase in the effective interception range by several times (the laser loses very little of its energy in the thin air).

C. Dealing with rare volleys in which a number of missiles attack the target in the same seconds.

The laser is precisely built to deal with barrages but requires a few seconds to intercept the target through heating and move on to another target.

It's a rare situation and with additional laser cannons available it is not a problem.

D. The heating of the laser cannon after prolonged operation, a heating that requires the shutdown of the cannon for cooling. This is also a rare situation that can be solved by using an additional cannon(s) as a backup.

IN CONCLUSION

A. The laser cannon, and not because of our current war, (because of the global transition from statistical armaments to precise armaments and the terror of the UAVs that arrive in swarms) will be introduced in the coming years for use by the world's armies on land as well as in the air and at sea and this should be appreciated.

B. The laser cannon, preferred by those who want to protect the civilian population and vital facilities, is the most powerful possible.

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